(1631–1700), English poet, critic, and playwright of the Augustan Age. He is best known for Marriage à la mode (comedy, 1673), All for Love (a tragedy based on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, 1678), and Absalom and Achitophel (verse satire in heroic couplets, 1681).
Definition of Dryden, John in US English:
Dryden, John
proper nounˈdrīdn
(1631–1700), English poet, critic, and playwright of the Augustan Age. He is best known for Marriage à la mode (1673), All for Love (1678), and Absalom and Achitophel (1681).